You're on a skateboard on a conveyor belt holding a rope tied to a tree

[mercanucaribe]

You're on a skateboard on a conveyor belt holding a rope tied to a tree.
You pull yourself foward with the rope, while the conveyor belt moves backward. Do you move forward?

Seriously... this is exactly the same as the plane problem, but it should click for more people.

 

[PowerMacG5]

You ever hear the phrase "Beating a dead horse with a stick"? Thats exactly what you are doing.

 

[iamtrout]

No, you don't move forward.

DUH!!!!!11!!

 

[Atomicus]

Give it a rest. Let the ignorant idiots believe what they may.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: PowerMacG5
You ever hear the phrase "Beating a dead horse with a stick"? Thats exactly what you are doing.

Yeah, if you beat a dead horse hard enough really bad smells come out.

 

[tfinch2]

You starting this thread makes me want to push you off the skateboard, hoping your hair gets caught in the conveyor belt.